In this exercise, I want to demonstrate to you how you can combine the…averaging technique that I just got done showing you along with the Gaussian Blur based, …diffused focus technique that we saw a few exercises ago.…I am working inside of an updated version of that Horatio Q Marketforce image, …and this one is called CEO for President, yes sir, and this is of course…is that Mark Aplet photo from istockphoto.com. And notice even though…we have assigned something of a porcelain effect to this gentleman right here…so if I were to Alt+Click on the eyeball associated with this background layer,…or Option+Click on an eyeball on the Mac, we would see the man as he was…originally photographed.…

And now if I Option+Click or Alt+Click again, he's just so absolutely smooth.…But he does have some wandering skin tones, does he not? …And I have actually because of our video compression sometimes we lose a little bit of color distinction. …So I have gone ahead and amped up the color distinction slightly…

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5/1/2009

Photoshop is one of the world's most powerful image editors, and it can be daunting to try to use skillfully. Photoshop CS4 One-on-One: Advanced, the second part of the popular and comprehensive series, follows internationally renowned Photoshop guru Deke McClelland as he dives into the workings of Photoshop. He explores such digital-age wonders as the Levels and Curves commands, edge-detection filters, advanced compositing techniques, vector-based text, the Liquify filter, and Camera Raw. Deke also teaches tried-and-true methods for sharpening details, smoothing over wrinkles and imperfections, and enhancing colors without harming the original image. Exercise files accompany the course.